Mine detail: Eagle Pass Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: BodiePatented Claim: Eagle Pass, MS 6124Roosevelt'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41473, -108.01425

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Tellurium, Mercury, Zinc
Ore:	Coloradoite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010817
DEP	10087913
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-76, 117.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6124}{Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 117 (AS COMPILED FROM U.S MINE, USGS, AND USBM RECORDS); COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.